Why Trump’s brutal wake-up call is good for Australia
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs call may be harsh, chaotic and hard to stomach. But it’s making America’s allies – including Australia – stand up, and grow up, writes Peta Credlin.
Analysis
Chris Bowen has a renewable line in fake news
This election is shaping up as a choice between realists, who understand the cost of electricity is driven by the Net Zero fantasy, and fantasists, who tend to tear up and clutch their hankies whenever they listen to sob stories, writes Piers Akerman.
‘He’s torn this country apart and continues to waste money’
Time to go, Anthony Albanese, or is Peter Dutton on the nose? The race to become Australia’s Prime Minister is heating up. HAVE YOUR SAY
The election promise that could come back to bite Albo
Politicians should resist the urge to make promises on things they have little control over – but it won’t, writes the editor.
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Anti-politician looms as key powerbroker
DENNIS ATKINS: Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is looming as the powerbroker to be reckoned with after the July 2 election.
We need to be inspired
FIVE months gone in the year and five weeks to polling day and in a world in upheaval, Australian voters need to be inspired by our leaders, writes Jeff Kennett.
Location location … Labor’s big move
OPINION: Does the location of a federal campaign launch really matter? The Labor Party obviously thinks so, given a significant change in direction this time around.
A band made just for TV
THE Monkees was a 60s pop band manufactured for TV and criticised for not being “real”. Those are criticisms our elected leaders might take note of, writes Shaun Carney.
Shorten comment rattles Turnbull
BILL Shorten hit home with two sharp lines during Sunday’s debate, both important in the compare and contrast theme Labor’s got going.
The moment viewers switched on
OPINION: They avoided answering questions and skated over details … but there was one moment during last night’s leaders debate that would have had viewers snapping to attention.
One rule that’s easily fixed
POLITICIANS’ travel and negative gearing deal is a rort that should have eneded years ago, writes Terry McCrann. So end it now.
Time to get real with the big election issues
THIS election campaign is so dull even ABC news is often running it down the bulletin. This isn’t because politics is boring. It’s because no-one is talking about the big issues, writes Peta Credlin.
Don’t be a smart alec, Turnbull
THIS weekend’s leaders debate will be the most watched event of this election campaign. And Malcolm Turnbull may struggle, going in with a long list of “what to do” and “what not to do”.
The problem with Labor’s ‘fairness’ plan
OPINION: Labor’s federal election campaign rests on the idea of fairness. But there’s one huge problem … and it was exposed through a clumsy MP blunder this week.
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